Nilawa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Nilawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nilawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Nilawa (17) may also be a first name.

Nilawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nilawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nilawa (Oriya: ନିଲାୱା) is found most frequently in Thailand. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nilawa? popularity and diffusion

Nilawa is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nilawa live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent given name globally, held by 17 people.

This surname is most common in Thailand, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 11,773,058. In Thailand Nilawa is mostly concentrated in: Bangkok, where 100 percent live. Beside Thailand this last name is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nailawa929/
Nilahwa921/
Nilava83106/
Nilawe836/
Nulawa832/
Nylawa832/
Nelawa831/
Nilawo831/
Nilawi831/
Nilavad77102/
Nilabai7795/
Nihlawi7735/
Nilaeva7714/
Nilavat777/
Nailava777/
Nulaiwa775/
Ngilawe774/
Nailowa774/
Nilavai773/
Ngelawa771/
Nilavaa771/
Neliawa771/
Nielava771/
Nilawoh771/
Nilabhai71124/
Nailavad7112/
Neelawad713/
Nilyaeva712/
Nailavas711/
Nnielewa711/
Nilova676,440/
Nilave67209/
Nilavi6732/
Nhlawi675/
Nelava673/
Nilabe672/
Nilabi671/
Nulava671/
Nileva671/

Nilawa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nilawa in the Oriya language
ନିଲାୱାnilawa-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nilawa
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